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B. L. BEHRBNDT.

' BOX. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 23, 1911.

1 1';048;O2 7 r Patented Dec.24,1912.

NVENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT O I E BARItfm- L. BEHRENDT, or NEWARK, new"mnsn.

tain new and useful Improvements in Boxes;

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To all whom it may concern; I

Be it known that-I, BARNIM L. BEHRENDT, a subject of the Emperor ofGermany, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, haveinvente'd cerand I do hereby declare the following to bealfull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and'tofigures of ref erence marked thereon, which form apart of thisspecification.

This invention relates to an improved box for matches, tobacco, cigarsand the like, the box having a lid, the lid in turn providing means forholding. matches against-the inside of the lid in such a manner that thematches can be individually detached.

The lid is preferably supplied with an abrasive or igniting surface tobe used in lighting the matches, particularly safety matches. Thematches are atlixed to the lid and being placed on the inside of thelid, need no additional separate compartment, butare contained, in t hebox with thecigarettes. etc.

This invention is used with boxes. the lids of which are flat orsubstantially Hat onthe top to provide a surface for the matches to lieagainst.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a metal cigarette box showing myinvention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a tobacco box. Fig. 3 is asection through line 3, 3, in Fig. 2.

In Fig. 1 I show a metal box 10 having a lid 11 which is supplied witha. marginal flange 12 to fit over the outside of the box to form a tightjoint and hold the lid shut by friction. The top of the lid is flat orsubstantially so. Lying against the inside of the top are the strips orsheets 13 which are slitted to form the individually detachable matches14. The strips or sheets are held in place by lips 15 which are bent;down from the flange 12 and clamped Specification of Letters-Patent.Patented Dc. 24, 1912- Application filed December 28, .1911. Serial No.668,281.

tightly over the sheets to hold the sheet when a match is detached. Theedges of the sheet' adjacent to, the flange are cut to approximately fitthe edge of the; lid to prevent any side motion if a match is twisted toone side for detaching it. 1X stripof abrasive or igniting compound 16is pasted or brushed on the inside of the lid.

I show a tobacco box 17 in Fig. 2, which box has a long. narrowlid 18with a flange 19 on its margin. The strip of matches 20 is held by a lip21 bent down from the flange, the matches lying the long Way of the lid.The abrasive or igniting composi tion is placed in the lid at aconvenient place.

The invention herein set forth overcomes the necessity of carrying aseparate matchbox, and enough matches are provided to allow forthe'lighting of the contents of the box if used normally. The marginalflange when bent down to form the lips is so disposed at these lips thatthey are in position to be engaged b v the top edges of the box evervtime the lid is closed. Every time a match is pulled ofi", the lipundergoes a strain which tends to loosen the match strip, but at eachclosing the strip is again pressed into place tocause it totightlv bindagainst the. strip that goesto clamp the matches in place. I V

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is; The combination ofa box having a lid, the lid having flanges to go over the "outside edgeof the box. with a row of detachable matches, a portion of the flange ofthe lid being bent to forin a lip Jto l old'it'he matches, the lipresting on the edge of the box when the lid is closed. whereby the lipis pressed to its holding position'at every closing of the box. I Intestimony that I claim the foregoing, I

have hereunto setmy hand this 22nd day of December, 1911.

BARNIM L. BEI-IRENDT. Vitnesses Var. H. CAMFIELD, H. A. JOHNSON.

